Computer Science Ques 200

Question: Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of______

Options:

A) Spooling

B) spoofing

C) Hacking

D) Identity theft

E) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

  • Identity theft is a form of fraud or cheating of another person’s identity in which some-one pretends to be someone else by assuming that person’s identity. Typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person’s name.